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Ministry of Defence
Rear Adm Atul Anand Takes Over as Flag Officer Commanding Karnataka Naval Area 
Rear Admiral Atul Anand, VSM assumed duties of Flag Officer Commanding Karnataka Naval Area  on 20 December 2021.
The Flag Officer Commanding Karnataka Naval Area is responsible to the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Naval Command for the operations and administration of all establishments and units at Karwar, including ships and submarines based at the Karwar Naval Base.
Rear Admiral Anand was commissioned on 01 Jan 1988 into the Executive branch of the Indian Navy. He is an alumnus of the National Defence Academy, Khadakvasla, the Defence Services Command and Staff College, Mirpur , and the National Defence College, New Delhi. He has also attended the prestigious Advance Security Cooperation Course at the Asia Pacific Centre for Security Studies, Hawaii, USA. His educational qualifications include an MPhil and MSc in Defence and Strategic Studies, Masters in Defence Studies and a BSc degree.
A recipient of the Vishisht Seva Medal, he has held several key appointments in his naval career including the command of torpedo recovery vessel IN TRV A72, missile boat INS Chatak, corvette INS Khukri and the destroyer INS Mumbai. He also served as the Navigating Officer of IN ships Sharda, Ranvijay and Jyoti, and was the Direction Officer of the Sea Harrier squadron INAS 300 and the Executive Officer of the destroyer INS Delhi. His important staff appointments include Joint Director Staff Requirements, Directing Staff at the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington, Director Naval Operations and Director Naval Intelligence . He had also served as the Principal Director Naval Operations and the Principal Director Strategy, Concepts and Transformation at Integrated Headquarters of the Ministry of Defence . As a Flag Officer, he has served as Assistant Chief of Naval Staff  and Deputy Commandant and Chief Instructor at the National Defence Academy, Khadakvasla.
He was appointed Flag Officer Commanding Maharashtra Naval Area on 22 February 2021 prior to taking up his present assignment.
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Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
Department of Consumer Affairs, Government of India amended the Legal Metrology  Rules, 2011 for ease of doing business and reducing the compliance burden for the industries
The companies under sub-section 2 of section 49 of the Legal Metrology Act, 2009 were required to nominate any of its Directors as a person responsible for the business of the Company
Now the companies having different establishments or branches or different units in any establishment or branch can now nominate an officer who has the authority and responsibility for planning, directing and controlling the activities of the establishments or branches or different units
Section 49 of the Legal Metrology Act, 2009 allows the companies to nominate any of its Directors as a person responsible for the business of the Company.
Earlier in case of violations under the Legal Metrology Act the prosecutions were initiated against the Directors of the companies even for the violation done by any establishment or branch or unit in any establishment or branch of the company.
There was request from various industries to allow nominating the person who is actually having the authority and responsibility of the establishment or branch or unit in any establishment or branch and not the Director, so that the notices for the violation done by the establishments or branches or units should not be issued to the Directors who are not responsible for the violation of establishment or branch or unit in any establishment or branch.
The Department for the enhancement of the Ease of Doing Business and for reducing the compliance burden amended the Legal Metrology  Rules, 2011 to provide for the companies to nominate an officer of the establishment or branch or unit in any establishment or branch who has the authority and responsibility for planning, directing and controlling the activities of the respective establishment or branch or unit in any establishment or branch.
With this amendment companies having different establishments or branches or different units in any establishment or branch can now nominate an officer who has the authority and responsibility for the operations and activities of the establishments or branches or different units.
This will facilitate the companies to nominate a person who is actually responsible for the activities of an establishment or branch of the company in place of Director of the Company, who is not directly involved in day to day activity of that establishment or branch thereof.
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Union Minister of State Dr L Murugan interacts with young entrepreneur in Jammu & Kashmir, says youngsters contributing to New India
Union Minister of State for Information & Broadcasting, Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Dr L Murugan reached Srinagar today as part of Public Outreach Programme for the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
The Minister of State visited Shopian in Jammu & Kashmir, where he interacted with public and distributed work orders to the beneficiaries under Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojna .
He also Inaugurated Re-Circulatory Aquaculture System  facility at Awantipora developed by young entrepreneur Ms Hina Parray under PMMSY.
"This is how Young India is contributing to New India. Young entrepreneur Ms Hina Parray is an inspiration to the youth of Jammu & Kashmir on the path of development," he said.
The Minister of State, who interacted with Ms Parray, added that she was inspiring people to join the stream of development under various schemes of Government of India for Atmanirbhar Bharat.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
COVID-19 UPDATE
179.33 cr vaccine doses have been administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive
India's Active caseload currently stands at 46,962
Active cases stand at 0.11%
Recovery Rate currently at 98.69%
7,416 recoveries in the last 24 hours increases Total Recoveries to 4,24,13,566
4,575 new cases recorded in the last 24 hours
Daily positivity rate 
Weekly Positivity Rate 
77.52 cr Total Tests conducted so far; 8,97,904 tests conducted in the last 24 hours
Special Service and Features
Free Medical Camp
 Iconic week.
The Labour Welfare Organisation for Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry has planned to organise General Free medical Camp, Eye camp, E-SHRAM Registration and PM-SYM Registration during the said periods from 8:30 am to 6 pm at all Labour Medical Organisation dispensaries and Central Hospitals across Tamil Nadu including Tirunelveli, Tenkasi, Kanyakumari, Vellore, Thirupathur, Gudiyatham, Thiruchirapalli, Erode and Chennai.
The above is stated in a press note issued by Shri. P.Arun Kumar, Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner  & Welfare & Cess Commissioner, Tamil Nadu & Puducherry.
Ministry of Rural Development
Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihoods Mission leads social mobilisation campaign to bring left out households under its fold
15 day country-wide campaign ongoing from 7th September, 2022
Ministry of Rural Development is conducting a 15 day country-wide campaign from 7th to 20th of September, 2022 to expedite the process of mobilisation of left-out poor rural poor women across 34 states and Union Territories into women’s Self Help Groups  under DAY-NRLM’s fold.
During the campaign, women institutions from each village will a conduct social mobilization event where each member will bring a friend, or neighbour who is a non-SHG member with them. The benefits of being a part of DAY-NRLM SHGs will be highlighted, and those non-members, thus motivated to join will be linked with these community institutions. Special strategies are also being prepared by block level staff across states to reach women in remote gram panchayats.
The campaign also aims to ensure that SHGs are included into higher-level federations; tier two level Village Organisations  and tier three level Cluster Level Federations .
The Ministry’s vision is that such federated structures will evolve into community-managed institutions of the poor that can lead programmes for livelihood and social development. Bank accounts will be opened for all the SHGs, VOs and CLFs within seven days of being formed.
The campaign was announced on the 5th of September by Shri Nagendra Nath Sinha, Secretary, Ministry of Rural Development. As on 31st August, more than 8.5 crore families have been linked with 78.33 lakh SHGs under DAY-NRLM’s fold.
Ministry of Defence
INDIAN ARMY COLLABORATES WITH TATA POWER TO SETUP ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING POINTS AT DELHI CANTT
The Indian Army through it's 'Go-Green Initiative' has collaborated with TATA Power, India's largest integrated utility, to setup 16 charging stations for electric vehicles  at various locations in Delhi Cantonment. Inauguration of charging stations was carried out today by Lt Gen Dhiraj Seth, GOC Delhi Area in the presence of army officials and senior executives from TATA Power and TATA Motors.
All 16 charging stations setup in Delhi Cantonment can be used both for personal and official EVs in Delhi Cantonment. The Indian Army is providing suitable facilities for setting up EV charging stations along with arranging upstream power infrastructure to energise the chargers.
Inaugurating the first EV charging station at Taurus Station Canteen, Lt Gen Dhiraj Seth, GOC Delhi Area said, "this is a unique initial step by Indian Army and TATA Power towards implementation of Government of India's National Electric Mobility Mission Plan  and Indian Army's 'Go-Green' Initiative". He further urged everyone to contribute towards these eco-friendly initiatives to maintain an emission free environment, a bounden duty, mankind has towards future generations.
Mr Virendra Goyal, Head-Business Development, TATA Power, said "this is a one-of-a kind collaboration between two of India's remarkable legacy organisations, one of which guarantees territorial security and the other is enhancing the nation's energy security with clean and green energy products and solutions. We are pleased to work with the Indian Army to set up convenient fast charging stations for EV users within the Delhi Cantonment. To speed up the transition to clean mobility, we will keep working with like-minded institutions to jointly develop EV charging infrastructure in line with the Government of India's National Electric Mobility Mission Plan”.
To encourage consumers, TATA Power has made it easy and user friendly to access the charging stations through its EZ charge mobile app, available on all platforms. It has a variety of features which provide a seamless EV charging experience to EV users including e-payment, location of nearest EV charging station etc.
The start of this collaboration between Indian Army and TATA Power will further strengthen the nation's drive towards sustainable mobility.
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Ministry of Road Transport & Highways
Shri Nitin Gadkari emphasizes importance of E-vehicles in transforming Automobile industry
Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari said that automobile industry is being engaged to make more e vehicles. Launching the first Made in India Mercedes-Benz Luxury Electric Car  at the company’s Chakan plant in Pune, Maharashtra he said efforts are being made to transform automobile industry based on alternative fuel. He said government has policy that is import substitute, cost effective, pollution free and indigenous. The minister reiterated the importance of Bio fuels over petrol and diesel as environmental friendly and cost effective.
The Minister said we have the highest number of young skilled talented engineers who are competent and intelligent and will contribute in research and development .He said automobile industry contributes maximum revenue to state and central governments in from of GST.
Talking about Vehicle scrapping policy he said we have one crore two lakh vehicle ready for scrapping but have only 40 units at present. The Minister proposed opening of 4 scrapping units in each district in the country thereby opening 2000 units.
Shri Gadkari also carried out the inspection of NDA  Chowk to Ravet/Kiwale section of the NH-48 passing through Pune and Pimpri Municipal Corporation area.The key focus of the inspection was to resolve the traffic related issues along the section and improvement of Wakad junction, Bhumkar Chowk junction, Ravet Junction.
Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
Scheme for Welfare of Transgender Persons
The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment introduced a Bill titled "The Transgender Persons  Bill, 2019" in the Lok Sabha In order to provide for protection of rights of transgender persons and their welfare. The Bill was passed by the Lok Sabha on 05.08.2019 and by the Rajya Sabha on 26.11.2019.
The Ministry had released Rs. 1.00 Crore to National Backward Classes Finance and Development Corporation  for conducting skill development training programme for the members of Transgender Community during financial year 2018-19. At present there is no reservation for Transgender persons in public sector employment.
This information was given by Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Shri Rattan Lal Kataria in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
17th MIFF to present array of enlightening master classes
Stalwarts like Resul Pookutty, Prasoon Joshi, Subbiah Nalla Muthu and Carter Pilcher to interact with delegates
Mumbai, May 28 2022
From the master of sound, Resul Pookutty to the weaver of words, Prasoon Joshi, from the famed wildlife filmmaker Subbiah Nalla Muthu to the internationally acclaimed short film maker Carter Pilcher, the Mumbai International Film Festival  is back with an array of exciting and enlightening sessions with the master of crafts.
The Master classes by the stalwarts being an exclusive part of the film festival will be a major attraction this year. Master classes, immaculately curated by the festival organizers would help delegates to hone their understanding of the art and craft of cinema.
Master class on topics like the involvement of art and ethics to restore a film, the art of storytelling, aesthetics of sound in cinema and animating in India for the world will be a learning experience for budding film makers and cinephiles. Other aspects of film-making such as the Cinema in Post covid era, how OTT platforms are creating huge difference in the making and breaking of the film world and wildlife filmmaking will also be discussed.
The 17th edition of MIFF is all set to welcome aspiring filmmakers, viewers, believers, and thinkers of cinema to become part of these seven extravagant festival days i.e. from 29th May to 04th June, 2022, filled with eagerly awaited events that will hook you up as it proceeds.
List of master-classes to be presented this year at MIFF:
- ‘The Art and Ethics of Film Restoration.’ By Shivendra Singh Dungarpur 30 MAY 2022 | 11.30 AM – 1 PM
- ‘What Does it take to Qualify your film for the Oscars.’ By Carter Pilcher 30 MAY 2022 | 2 PM – 3.30 PM
- ‘Animating in India for the World.’  by Krishna Mohan Chintapatta & Tirthadip Ghosh 30 MAY 2022 | 3.45 PM – 5.45 PM
- Subject: ‘My Creative Process.’  by Regina Pessoa 31 MAY 2022 | 2 PM – 3.30 PM
- Subject: ‘Expanded Cinema from Screens to OTT Platforms – Cinema in Post Covid era.’ By Rizwan Ahamd 1 JUNE 2022 | 11.30 AM – 1 PM
- ‘Wildlife Filmmaking As a Career: Wildlife Filmmaking is not a career, It’s a commitment.’ By Subbiah Nalla Muthu 2 JUNE 2022 | 3.45 PM – 5.45 PM
- ‘Aesthetics of Sound in Cinema.’ By Resul Pookutty 3 JUNE 2022 | 3.45 PM – 5.45 PM
- ‘The Art of Storytelling.’by Prasoon Joshi
Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
DATA ON MANUAL SCANVENGERS
The data of the number of people engaged in cleaning of the insanitary latrines prior to 2013, based on the State-wise survey, is given in the Annexure. In the state of Odisha, 230 people were engaged in manual scavenging before 2013. The details of rehabilitation of these people is given in the Annexure.
No periodic survey is undertaken to gauge the number of manual scavengers as it is a banned activity since 6.12.2013 under Sections 5 and 6 of the MS Act, 2013. As per Section 12 of the MS Act, 2013, any person who claims to be a manual scavenger can apply for rehabilitation.
Manual Scavenging as defined under Section 2 of the MS Act, 2013 is prohibited w.e.f. 6.12.2013 under Sections 5 and 6 of the Act. The State Governments have informed that this practice is no longer prevalent in their States. There has been considerable progress after the Swachh Bharat Mission in which 10.72 Cr sanitary toilets in rural areas, and 62.5 lakh toilets in urban areas have been constructed, and the consequent demolition of the insanitary latrines.
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Annexed
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State-wise details of identified manual scavengers and rehabilitation benefits provided under the Self Employment Scheme for Rehabilitation of Manual Scavengers
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S.No.
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State/UT
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Coverage
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Manual Scavengers identified and provided One Time Cash Assistance
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Skill Development Training
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Capital subsidy for self employment projects and sanitation related projects for manual scavengers including sanitation workers
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1
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A&N Islands
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0
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0
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3
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2
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Andhra Pradesh
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1793
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180
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11
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3
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Assam
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3921
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460
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0
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4
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Bihar
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131
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18
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0
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5
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Chhattisgarh
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3
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0
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0
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6
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Gujarat
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105
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19
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0
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7
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Jharkhand
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192
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34
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0
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8
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Karnataka
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2927
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251
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294
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9
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Kerala
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518
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314
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0
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10
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Madhya Pradesh
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510
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98
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3
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11
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Maharashtra
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6325
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1332
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0
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12
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Odisha
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230
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66
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92
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13
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Punjab
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231
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62
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41
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14
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Rajasthan
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2673
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824
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0
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15
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Tamilnadu
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398
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29
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78
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16
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Uttar Pradesh
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32473
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10664
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694
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17
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Uttarakhand
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4988
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1475
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74
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18
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West Bengal
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680
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231
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97
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Total
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58098
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16057
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1387
This information was given by The Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Shri.Ramdas athawale in the Lok Sabha in a written reply today.
Special Service and Features
Thomas Mathew takes charge as RBI Regional Director for Kerala and Lakshadweep
Thomas Mathew takes charge as the Regional Director of the Reserve Bank of India , Thiruvananthapuram. Prior to taking charge at Thiruvananthapuram Office, he was the Chief General Manager of the Department of Regulation at Reserve Bank of India, Central Office, Mumbai.
Shri Thomas Mathew joined the Reserve Bank of India at New Delhi Office in the year 1990. During his career spanning 32 years in the Bank, he has held several positions in the Reserve Bank's Central Office and Regional Offices at Bengaluru and Jammu. He has experience in the areas of Currency Management, Regulation and Supervision of banks and Supervision of Non Banking Finance Companies. He was the Regional Director for Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh during 2017-2020
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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
More than 23,600 people cured in the last 24 hours
Recovered Cases outnumber Active Cases by more than 3 lakhs
Tests Per Million  close to 10,000
Proactive measures of Central and State/UT governments of aggressive testing and timely diagnosis has helped in detecting cases early. Effective clinical management of the moderate and severe cases through a well executed Standard of Care protocol has ensured high rate of recovery among the COVID patients.
The last 24 hours saw a sharp increase of 23,672 COVID patients recovering. The gap between recovered patients and active COVID-19 cases has further increased to 3,04,043. The total number of recovered cases is 6,77,422. The recovery rate as of now is at 62.86%.
Medical attention is being provided to all the 3,73,379 active cases, in hospitals and home isolation.
The country’s testing infrastructure has been substantially ramped up. The testing strategy prescribed by ICMR allows all registered medical practitioners to recommend testing. The Rapid Antigen Point of Care  Test coupled with the facilitation of widespread gold-standard RT-PCR based testing by States/UTs has resulted in a surge in the number of samples tested. 3,58,127 samples have been tested in the last 24 hours. With total of 1,37,91,869 samples tested the testing per million  for India has reached 9994.1.
Consistently expanding diagnostic lab network comprises of 1262 labs, including 889 labs in the government sector and 373 private labs. These include:
• Real-Time RT PCR based testing labs: 648 
• TrueNat based testing labs: 510 
• CBNAAT based testing labs: 104 
For all authentic & updated information on COVID-19 related technical issues, guidelines & advisories please regularly visit: https://www.mohfw.gov.in/ and @MoHFW_INDIA.
Technical queries related to COVID-19 may be sent to technicalquery.covid19[at]gov[dot]in and other queries on ncov2019[at]gov[dot]in and @CovidIndiaSeva .
In case of any queries on COVID-19, please call at the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare helpline no.: +91-11-23978046 or 1075 . List of helpline numbers of States/UTs on COVID-19 is also available at https://www.mohfw.gov.in/pdf/coronvavirushelplinenumber.pdf.
Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying
Union Secretary for Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying chairs regional review meeting in Goa
Goa : 24 November 2022
A Regional Review Meeting under the Chairmanship of Rajesh Kumar Singh, Secretary, Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying was held today in Goa. Senior Officials from the Animal Husbandry and Dairying Department of South and Western States discussed the progress of implementation of various programmes of the Department.
Secretary , highlighted that the livestock sector is consistently growing at a high Compound Annual Growth Rate  of 7.93% during the period from 2014-15 to 2020-21 . Further, livestock sector has contributed around 30% during the year 2020-21 in total agriculture and allied sector GVA .
In the meeting, Secretary reviewed the physical and financial progress of all animal husbandry and dairying schemes being implemented by Government of India in the States/UTs. He emphasized the need to liquidate any unspent balance lying with States/UTs. Union Secretary also stressed that the issues relating to Single Nodal Account, opening of Central Nodal Agency accounts, their mapping with PFMS, interest on unspent balances,etc. needs to be resolved on priority to enable Govt. of India to release funds to the States/UTs during the current year. He also reviewed status of vaccination against FMD and brucella, operationalisation of Mobile Veterinary Units , milk situation, fodder deficit and its prices,etc. across the country.
He mentioned that preservation and protection of livestock through provision of healthcare is another thrust area for the Department. Recently, the country has witnessed the spread of Lumpy Skin Disease and other critical zoonotic diseases. Thus, for control and eradication of animal diseases in the country, the Department has set targets for vaccination against FMD by December, 2022 and against Lumpy Skin Disease by February, 2023. He also insisted that awareness campaigns be organized across States with active participation of Union Government, State Governments and District Officials for better outreach of scheme benefits to the livestock and dairy farmers.
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